2014–15 Washington Capitals season

2014–15 Washington Capitals
Division	2nd Metropolitan
Conference	4th Eastern
2014–15 record	45–26–11
Home record	23–13–5
Road record	22–13–6
Goals for	242
Goals against	203
Team information
General manager	Brian MacLellan
Coach	Barry Trotz
Captain	Alexander Ovechkin
Alternate captains	Nicklas Backstrom Brooks Orpik
Arena	Verizon Center
Average attendance	19,099 (41 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Alexander Ovechkin (53)
Assists	Nicklas Backstrom (60)
Points	Alexander Ovechkin (81)
Penalty minutes	Tom Wilson (172)
Plus/minus	Mike Green (+15)
Wins	Braden Holtby (41)
Goals against average	Philipp Grubauer (1.85)

The 2014–15 Washington Capitals season was the 41st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974.

Capitals 40th Anniversary patch

Off-season

Less than two weeks after the end of the Capitals' 2013–14 season, where the team missed the playoffs for the first time since 2007, the Washington Capitals announced that Head Coach Adam Oates was fired and General Manager George McPhee would not have his contract with the team renewed. On May 26, 2014, the Capitals promoted Brian MacLellan to be senior vice president and general manager and named Barry Trotz their new head coach.

Playoffs

See also: 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Washington Capitals entered the playoffs as the Metropolitan Division's second seed. They defeated the New York Islanders in the first round, and were defeated by the New York Rangers in the second round.

Standings

Divisional standings

Metropolitan Division
New York Rangersx y z p	82	53	22	2	5	252	192	113
Washington Capitalsx	82	45	26	7	4	242	203	101
New York Islandersx	82	47	28	1	6	252	230	101
Pittsburgh Penguinsx	82	43	27	6	6	221	210	98
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	3	2	236	250	89
Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	7	11	215	234	84
New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	7	7	181	216	78
Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	4	7	188	226	71

Conference standings

Atlantic Divison (Top 3)
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
New York Rangersx y z p	82	53	22	2	5	252	192	113
Montreal Canadiens x y	82	50	22	5	5	221	189	110
Tampa Bay Lightningx	82	50	24	3	5	262	211	108
Washington Capitalsx	82	45	26	7	4	242	203	101
New York Islandersx	82	47	28	1	6	252	230	101
Detroit Red Wings x	82	43	25	4	10	235	221	100
Ottawa Senatorsx	82	43	26	6	7	238	215	99
Pittsburgh Penguinsx	82	43	27	6	6	221	210	98
Boston Bruins	82	41	27	4	10	213	211	96
Florida Panthers	82	38	29	5	10	206	223	91
Columbus Blue Jackets	82	42	35	3	2	236	250	89
Philadelphia Flyers	82	33	31	7	11	215	234	84
New Jersey Devils	82	32	36	7	7	181	216	78
Carolina Hurricanes	82	30	41	4	7	188	226	71
Toronto Maple Leafs	82	30	44	3	5	211	262	68
Buffalo Sabres	82	23	51	3	5	161	274	54

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 5–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	Buffalo	0–1	Washington		Holtby	16,707	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 22	Washington	4–5	Philadelphia		Grubauer	17,679	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 24	Washington	0–2	Boston		Copley	17,215	1–2–0	Recap
4	September 26	Boston	4–5	Washington	OT	Peters	17,426	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 28	Washington	2–0	Montreal		Holtby	21,287	3–2–0	Recap
6	October 1	Washington	1–6	Buffalo		Holtby	18,228	3–3–0	Recap
7	October 2	Philadelphia	2–3	Washington	SO	Peters	16,765	4–3–0	Recap
8	October 5	Carolina	2–5	Washington		Holtby	16,138	5–3–0	Recap

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log
October: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–1–2 ; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Montreal 2–1 Washington SO Holtby 18,506 0–0–1 1 Recap 2 October 11 Washington 4–0 Boston Holtby 17,565 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 October 14 San Jose 6–5 Washington SO Peters 18,506 1–0–2 4 Recap 4 October 16 New Jersey 2–6 Washington Holtby 18,506 2–0–2 6 Recap 5 October 18 Florida 1–2 Washington SO Peters 18,506 3–0–2 8 Recap 6 October 22 Washington 2–3 Edmonton Holtby 16,839 3–1–2 8 Recap 7 October 25 Washington 3–1 Calgary Holtby 19,095 4–1–2 10 Recap 8 October 26 Washington 2–4 Vancouver Peters 18,427 4–2–2 10 Recap 9 October 29 Detroit 4–2 Washington Holtby 18,506 4–3–2 10 Recap
November: 6–6–2 (Home: 3–3–1 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Washington 3–4 Tampa Bay Holtby 19,119 4–4–2 10 Recap 11 November 2 Arizona 6–5 Washington Peters 18,506 4–5–2 10 Recap 12 November 4 Calgary 4–3 Washington OT Holtby 18,506 4–5–3 11 Recap 13 November 7 Washington 3–2 Chicago Holtby 21,892 5–5–3 13 Recap 14 November 8 Carolina 3–4 Washington OT Peters 18,506 6–5–3 15 Recap 15 November 11 Columbus 2–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 7–5–3 17 Recap 16 November 14 New Jersey 1–0 Washington Holtby 18,506 7–6–3 17 Recap 17 November 15 Washington 1–4 St. Louis Peters 19,339 7–7–3 17 Recap 18 November 18 Washington 2–1 Arizona OT Holtby 11,769 8–7–3 19 Recap 19 November 20 Washington 3–2 Colorado Holtby 16,476 9–7–3 21 Recap 20 November 22 Buffalo 2–1 Washington Holtby 18,506 9–8–3 21 Recap 21 November 26 Washington 2–3 NY Islanders OT Holtby 16,170 9–8–4 22 Recap 22 November 28 NY Islanders 2–5 Washington Holtby 18,506 10–8–4 24 Recap 23 November 29 Washington 2–6 Toronto Holtby 19,161 10–9–4 24 Recap
December: 8–2–3 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 6–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 2 Vancouver 4–3 Washington Holtby 18,506 10–10–4 24 Recap 25 December 4 Washington 2–1 Carolina Holtby 10,783 11–10–4 26 Recap 26 December 6 Washington 4–1 New Jersey Holtby 15,230 12–10–4 28 Recap 27 December 9 Washington 5–3 Tampa Bay Holtby 17,109 13–10–4 30 Recap 28 December 11 Columbus 3–2 Washington OT Holtby 18,506 13–10–5 31 Recap 29 December 13 Tampa Bay 2–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 14–10–5 33 Recap 30 December 16 Washington 1–2 Florida SO Holtby 10,012 14–10–6 34 Recap 31 December 18 Washington 5–4 Columbus OT Holtby 13,722 15–10–6 36 Recap 32 December 20 Washington 4–0 New Jersey Holtby 14,776 16–10–6 38 Recap 33 December 22 Ottawa 1–2 Washington Holtby 18,506 17–10–6 40 Recap 34 December 23 Washington 2–4 NY Rangers Holtby 18,006 17–11–6 40 Recap 35 December 27 Washington 3–0 Pittsburgh Holtby 18,663 18–11–6 42 Recap 36 December 29 Washington 3–4 NY Islanders OT Holtby 16,170 18–11–7 43 Recap
January: 7–3–3 (Home: 6–0–1 ; Road: 1–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 1 (Winter Classic) Chicago 2–3 Washington Holtby 42,832 (at Nationals Park) 19–11–7 45 Recap 38 January 4 Florida 3–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 20–11–7 47 Recap 39 January 7 Washington 6–2 Toronto Holtby 19,047 21–11–7 49 Recap 40 January 8 Washington 2–3 Philadelphia OT Holtby 19,703 21–11–8 50 Recap 41 January 10 Detroit 1–3 Washington Holtby 18,506 22–11–8 52 Recap 42 January 12 Colorado 1–2 Washington Holtby 18,506 23–11–8 54 Recap 43 January 14 Philadelphia 0–1 Washington Holtby 18,506 24–11–8 56 Recap 44 January 16 Washington 3–4 Nashville Holtby 17,303 24–12–8 56 Recap 45 January 17 Washington 4–5 Dallas Peters 18,532 24–13–8 56 Recap 46 January 20 Edmonton 5–4 Washington SO Holtby 18,506 24–13–9 57 Recap 47 January 27 Washington 3–4 Columbus Holtby 16,514 24–14–9 57 Recap 48 January 28 Pittsburgh 0–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 25–14–9 59 Recap 49 January 31 Washington 0–1 Montreal OT Holtby 21,286 25–14–10 60 Recap
February: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–3–0 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 1 St. Louis 4–3 Washington Peters 18,506 25–15–10 60 Recap 51 February 3 Los Angeles 0–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 26–15–10 62 Recap 52 February 5 Washington 2–1 Ottawa Holtby 16,543 27–15–10 64 Recap 53 February 6 Anaheim 2–3 Washington SO Grubauer 18,506 28–15–10 66 Recap 54 February 8 Philadelphia 3–1 Washington Holtby 18,506 28–16–10 66 Recap 55 February 11 Washington 5–4 San Jose OT Holtby 16,956 29–16–10 68 Recap 56 February 14 Washington 1–3 Los Angeles Holtby 18,230 29–17–10 68 Recap 57 February 15 Washington 5–3 Anaheim Peters 17,252 30–17–10 70 Recap 58 February 17 Washington 3–1 Pittsburgh Holtby 18,663 31–17–10 72 Recap 59 February 19 Winnipeg 1–5 Washington Holtby 18,506 32–17–10 74 Recap 60 February 21 NY Islanders 2–3 Washington SO Holtby 18,506 33–17–10 76 Recap 61 February 22 Washington 2–3 Philadelphia Holtby 19,703 33–18–10 76 Recap 62 February 25 Pittsburgh 4–3 Washington Holtby 18,506 33–19–10 76 Recap 63 February 27 Washington 0–3 Carolina Holtby 13,415 33–20–10 76 Recap
March: 9–5–0 (Home: 5–4–0 ; Road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Toronto 0–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 34–20–10 78 Recap 65 March 3 Washington 5–3 Columbus Holtby 16,514 35–20–10 80 Recap 66 March 5 Minnesota 2–1 Washington Holtby 18,506 35–21–10 80 Recap 67 March 7 Buffalo 1–6 Washington Holtby 18,506 36–21–10 82 Recap 68 March 11 NY Rangers 3–1 Washington Holtby 18,506 36–22–10 82 Recap 69 March 13 Dallas 4–2 Washington Holtby 18,506 36–23–10 82 Recap 70 March 15 Boston 0–2 Washington Holtby 18,506 37–23–10 84 Recap 71 March 16 Washington 4–3 Buffalo SO Holtby 19,070 38–23–10 86 Recap 72 March 19 Washington 3–2 Minnesota Holtby 19,044 39–23–10 88 Recap 73 March 21 Washington 0–3 Winnipeg Holtby 15,016 39–24–10 88 Recap 74 March 26 New Jersey 2–3 Washington OT Holtby 18,506 40–24–10 90 Recap 75 March 28 Nashville 4–3 Washington Peters 18,506 40–25–10 90 Recap 76 March 29 Washington 5–2 NY Rangers Holtby 18,006 41–25–10 92 Recap 77 March 31 Carolina 2–4 Washington Holtby 18,506 42–25–10 94 Recap
April: 3–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 2–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Washington 5–4 Montreal SO Holtby 21,286 43–25–10 96 Recap 79 April 4 Washington 3–4 Ottawa OT Holtby 16,543 43–25–11 97 Recap 80 April 5 Washington 2–1 Detroit Holtby 20,027 44–25–11 99 Recap 81 April 8 Boston 0–3 Washington Holtby 18,506 45–25–11 101 Recap 82 April 11 NY Rangers 4–2 Washington Holtby 18,506 45–26–11 101 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M3) New York Islanders: Washington wins 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 NY Islanders 4–1 Washington Holtby 18,506 0–1 Recap 2 April 17 NY Islanders 3–4 Washington Grubauer 18,506 1–1 Recap 3 April 19 Washington 1–2 NY Islanders OT Holtby 16,170 1–2 Recap 4 April 21 Washington 2–1 NY Islanders OT Holtby 16,170 2–2 Recap 5 April 23 NY Islanders 1–5 Washington Holtby 18,506 3–2 Recap 6 April 25 Washington 1–3 NY Islanders Holtby 16,170 3–3 Recap 7 April 27 NY Islanders 1–2 Washington Holtby 18,506 4–3 Recap Eastern Conference Second Round vs. (M1) New York Rangers: Rangers win 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 30 Washington 2–1 NY Rangers Holtby 18,006 1–0 Recap 2 May 2 Washington 2–3 NY Rangers Holtby 18,006 1–1 Recap 3 May 4 NY Rangers 0–1 Washington Holtby 18,506 2–1 Recap 4 May 6 NY Rangers 1–2 Washington Holtby 18,506 3–1 Recap 5 May 8 Washington 1–2 NY Rangers OT Holtby 18,006 3–2 Recap 6 May 10 NY Rangers 4–3 Washington Holtby 18,506 3–3 Recap 7 May 13 Washington 1–2 NY Rangers OT Holtby 18,006 3–4 Recap Legend:       Win       Loss

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin 81 53 28 81 10 58 Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom 82 18 60 78 5 40 Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson 82 12 43 55 11 28 Johansson, MarcusMarcus Johansson 82 20 27 47 6 10 Green, MikeMike Green 72 10 35 45 15 34 Brouwer, TroyTroy Brouwer 82 21 22 43 11 53 Kuznetsov, EvgenyEvgeny Kuznetsov 80 11 26 37 10 24 Ward, JoelJoel Ward 82 19 15 34 −4 30 Fehr, EricEric Fehr 75 19 14 33 8 20 Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen 82 4 27 31 7 47 Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky 53 9 13 22 12 10 Alzner, KarlKarl Alzner 82 5 16 21 14 20 Laich, BrooksBrooks Laich 66 7 13 20 −2 24 Beagle, JayJay Beagle 62 10 10 20 6 20 Chimera, JasonJason Chimera 77 7 12 19 −1 51 Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik 78 0 19 19 5 66 Wilson, TomTom Wilson 67 4 13 17 −1 172 Glencross, CurtisCurtis Glencross † || 18 || 4 || 3 || 7 || −1 || 6 Latta, MichaelMichael Latta 53 0 6 6 4 68 Hillen, JackJack Hillen ‡ || 35 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 1 || 10 Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt 39 1 3 4 −2 10 Gleason, TimTim Gleason † || 17 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 5 || 11 O'Brien, LiamLiam O'Brien 13 1 1 2 4 23 Brown, ChrisChris Brown 5 1 0 1 1 2 Galiev, StanislavStanislav Galiev 2 1 0 1 1 0 Conner, ChrisChris Conner 2 0 0 0 1 4 Volpatti, AaronAaron Volpatti 2 0 0 0 0 0 Oleksy, StevenSteven Oleksy 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Schilling, CameronCameron Schilling 4 0 0 0 1 4

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Ward, JoelJoel Ward 14 3 6 9 1 2 Ovechkin, AlexanderAlexander Ovechkin 14 5 4 9 −3 6 Backstrom, NicklasNicklas Backstrom 14 3 5 8 −3 2 Chimera, JasonJason Chimera 14 3 4 7 4 4 Kuznetsov, EvgenyEvgeny Kuznetsov 14 5 2 7 4 8 Carlson, JohnJohn Carlson 14 1 5 6 3 4 Beagle, JayJay Beagle 14 1 4 5 0 4 Niskanen, MattMatt Niskanen 14 0 4 4 −2 0 Alzner, KarlKarl Alzner 14 2 2 4 0 6 Johansson, MarcusMarcus Johansson 14 1 3 4 2 2 Brouwer, TroyTroy Brouwer 14 0 3 3 −3 10 Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky 11 2 1 3 2 0 Orpik, BrooksBrooks Orpik 14 0 2 2 5 8 Laich, BrooksBrooks Laich 14 1 1 2 1 0 Green, MikeMike Green 14 0 2 2 −1 14 Gleason, TimTim Gleason 14 0 1 1 −3 5 Glencross, CurtisCurtis Glencross 10 1 0 1 −5 2 Wilson, TomTom Wilson 13 0 1 1 −2 25 Fehr, EricEric Fehr 4 0 0 0 −1 2 Latta, MichaelMichael Latta 4 0 0 0 −1 2

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Holtby, BradenBraden Holtby	73	72	4247	41	20	10	157	2.22	2044	.923	9	0	2	2
Peters, JustinJustin Peters	12	9	647	3	6	1	35	3.25	294	.881	0	0	0	0
Grubauer, PhilippPhilipp Grubauer	1	1	65	1	0	0	2	1.85	25	.920	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Holtby, BradenBraden Holtby	13	13	806	6	7	23	1.71	412	.944	1	0	1	0
Grubauer, PhilippPhilipp Grubauer	1	1	60	1	0	3	3.00	21	.857	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Capitals. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Capitals only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded Ovechkin, A.A. Ovechkin NHL Second Star of the Week January 5, 2015 Ovechkin, A.A. Ovechkin NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2015 Ovechkin, A.A. Ovechkin NHL First Star of the Month February 2, 2015 Ovechkin, A.A. Ovechkin NHL Third Star of the Month March 1, 2015

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached O'Brien, L.L. O'Brien 1st Career NHL Game October 9, 2014 Burakovsky, A.A. Burakovsky 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point October 9, 2014 A. Burakovsky 1st Career NHL Assist October 14, 2014 L. O'Brien 1st Career NHL Goal October 26, 2014 Chimera, J.J. Chimera 800th Career NHL Game October 29, 2014 Niskanen, M.M. Niskanen 500th Career NHL Game October 29, 2014 Johansson, M.M. Johansson 100th Career NHL Assist November 2, 2014 Ovechkin, A.A. Ovechkin Capitals All-Time Franchise Points Record November 4, 2014 Beagle, J.J. Beagle 200th Career NHL Game November 7, 2014 A. Ovechkin 400th Career NHL Assist November 8, 2014 A. Ovechkin 700th Career NHL Game November 26, 2014 Fehr, E.E. Fehr 400th Career NHL Game December 2, 2014 Ward, J.J. Ward 200th Career NHL Point December 6, 2014 Laich, B.B. Laich 300th Career NHL Point December 6, 2014 Wilson, T.T. Wilson 100th Career NHL Game December 11, 2014 M. Johansson 300th Career NHL Game January 1, 2015 Backstrom, N.N. Backstrom 400th Career NHL Assist January 27, 2015 Brouwer, T.T. Brouwer 500th Career NHL Game February 3, 2015 Alzner, K.K. Alzner 400th Career NHL Game February 11, 2015 J. Ward 500th Career NHL Game March 3, 2015 Backstrom, N.N. Backstrom Capitals All-Time Franchise Assists Record March 15, 2015 Galiev, S.S. Galiev 1st Career NHL Game April 8, 2015 Holtby, B.B. Holtby 20th Career NHL Shutout April 8, 2015 S. Galiev 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point April 11, 2015

Transactions

The Capitals have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.

Trades

June 28, 2014	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2014 3rd-round pick in 2014	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2014
June 28, 2014	To Winnipeg Jets 6th-round pick in 2014 NSH's 7th-round pick in 2014 7th-round pick in 2015	To Washington Capitals Edward Pasquale 6th-round pick in 2014
June 28, 2014	To New York Rangers 4th-round pick in 2014 CHI's 4th-round pick in 2014	To Washington Capitals 3rd-round pick in 2014
February 28, 2015	To Carolina Hurricanes Jack Hillen ARZ's 4th-round pick in 2015	To Washington Capitals Tim Gleason
March 1, 2015	To Calgary Flames 2nd-round pick in 2015 3rd-round pick in 2015	To Washington Capitals Curtis Glencross

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Brooks Orpik Pittsburgh Penguins 5-years, $27.5 million July 1, 2014 Justin Peters Carolina Hurricanes 2-years, $1.9 million July 1, 2014 Matt Niskanen Pittsburgh Penguins 7-years, $40.25 million July 1, 2014 Mike Moore Providence Bruins 1-year, $550,000 July 1, 2014 Jon Landry Iowa Wild 1-year, $550,000 July 1, 2014 Chris Conner Pittsburgh Penguins 1 year, $550,000 July 4, 2014 Tim Kennedy Arizona Coyotes 1-year, $550,000 July 4, 2014 Kris Newbury Philadelphia Flyers 1-year, $550,000 October 6, 2014 Liam O'Brien Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 3 years, $1.865 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 David Leggio New York Islanders 1 year, $700,000 July 2, 2014 Joel Rechlicz Minnesota Wild 1 year, $600,000 July 2, 2014 Mikhail Grabovski New York Islanders 4 years, $20 million July 3, 2014 Tyson Strachan Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $650,000 August 8, 2014 Julien Brouillette Winnipeg Jets 1 year, $600,000

Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date

Lost via waivers Player New team Date

Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Michael Latta 2-years, $1.15 million July 9, 2014 Edward Pasquale 1-year, $550,000 July 13, 2014 Nate Schmidt 1-year, $625,000 July 15, 2014 Vitek Vanecek 3-year, $2.3275 million entry level contract July 15, 2014 Jakub Vrana 3-year, $2.775 million entry level contract July 25, 2014 Nathan Walker 3-year, entry level contract September 9, 2014 Cameron Schilling 1 year March 4, 2015 Tyler Lewington 3-year, entry level contract March 31, 2015 Travis Boyd 2-year, entry level contract April 17, 2015 Riley Barber 2-year, entry level contract June 2, 2015 Garrett Mitchell 2-years June 15, 2015 Philipp Grubauer 2-years, $1.5 million June 17, 2015 Nate Schmidt 2-years, $1.625 million Suspensions/fines Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued Tom Wilson Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 1057 in Minnesota on Thursday, March 19, 2015, at 14:45 of the second period. — $2,000.00 March 27, 2015 Draft picks See also: List of Washington Capitals draft picks The 2014 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 13 Jakub Vrana L/RW  Czech Republic Linkopings HC (Sweden) 2 39[a] Vitek Vanecek G  Czech Republic Bili Tygri Liberec (Czech Republic) 3 89[b] Nathan Walker LW  United Kingdom Hershey Bears (AHL) 5 134 Shane Gersich C/LW  United States USA U-18 (USHL) 6 159[c] Steven Spinner RW  United States Eden Prairie High School (USHS–MN) 7 194 Kevin Elgestal RW  Sweden Frolunda HC (J20 SuperElit) Notes a The Buffalo Sabres' second-round pick (from the Minnesota Wild originally from the Winnipeg Jets) went to the Washington Capitals as a result of a June 28, 2014 trade that sent a 2014 second-round pick and 2014 third-round pick to the Sabres in exchange for this pick. The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 28, 2014 trade that sent a 2014 second-round pick (from the Minnesota Wild originally from the Winnipeg Jets) to the Capitals exchange for a 2014 third-round pick and this pick. The Washington Capitals' third-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as a result of a June 28, 2014 trade that sent a 2014 second-round pick (from the Minnesota Wild originally from the Winnipeg Jets) to the Capitals exchange for a 2014 second-round pick and this pick. b The New York Rangers' third-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as a result of a June 28, 2014 trade that sent two 2014 fourth-round picks to the Rangers in exchange for this pick. The Washington Capitals' fourth-round pick went to the New York Rangers as a result of a June 28, 2014 trade that sent a 2014 third-round pick to the Capitals exchange for a 2014 fourth-round pick (from the New York Islanders originally from the Chicago Blackhawks) and this pick. c The Winnipeg Jets' sixth-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as a result of a June 28, 2014 trade that sent a 2014 sixth-round pick, a 2014 seventh-round pick (from the Nashville Predators) and a 2015 seventh-round pick to the Jets in exchange for Edward Pasquale and this pick. The Washington Capitals' sixth-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as a result of a June 28, 2014 trade that sent Edward Pasquale and a 2014 sixth-round pick to the Capitals exchange for a 2014 seventh-round pick (from the Nashville Predators) and a 2015 seventh-round pick and this pick. References